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A defence contractor who works in intelligence at the US Pacific Command in
Hawaii has been charged with passing national security secrets to his
Chinese lover.

Benjamin Pierce Bishop, 59, a former US army officer, is accused of sending
her an e-mail last May with information on war plans, nuclear weapons and US
relations with international partners, according to the complaint filed in
the US District Court in Honolulu.

Authorities arrested Mr Bishop on Friday at his workplace at Camp HM Smith,
where he was a civilian employee of an unnamed defence contractor. He made
his first appearance in federal